I think maybe you need some friends with more hair! :-)
Seriously, I was a bit intrigued by this shot
<http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SmQMjpOv9tZYsQ13luDxPw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink>
The highlights on the man's head are not actually blown but, instead of
being extremely bright skin tone it is extremely bright gray (RGB all =
249). The brightness levels of the individual channels have become so
compressed that any attempt to lower it just returns a noticeable gray
tone. A bit more distressing it the same lack of color channel
differentiation in the woman's hair. There the color channels are not
so close to blown but are still gray (RGB all = 236). The only way I
have found to fix these photos (short of painting or cloning) is to
select the area to be fixed with the magic wand and then adjust just the
highlights end of the individual RGB channels downward by differing
amounts and proportional to the surrounding colors.
Did you shoot this in raw? If so can you send me a copy?
As to proper exposure outside of direct sun as in the last two shots I
don't quite agree.
<http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U626Dw1XDKDYnv2UwTLhkw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink>
<http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qxwdDjbJM2fLXhZ9VIkqRw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink>
I think there is a bit too much flash exposure since the background is
slightly underexposed. However, I should say that some people think
this is fine and you often find it in advertising photos but I don't
like it since it looks unnatural. "Fixing" this may require turning FP
flash off since it requires a different ratio between aperture and
shutter speed. A slower shutter speed will increase the ambient
contribution to brighten the background and a smaller aperture or lower
power will decrease the flash.
As to handling exposure between sun and shade with clouds coming and
going it's really only a matter of having two different exposure
settings so manual exposure control is really not that daunting. But
short of that I would advise you to go back to at least a -1/3 stop
exposure adjustment since it appears that the camera does not deal well
with bright scenes that are only near the upper range and not over it.
But lets see the raw files before passing final judgement.
Chuck Norcutt
David Irisarri wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Recently I asked for some good rechargeable batts for using them in my
> new Olympus flash FL-50R. This last weekend (4th July) I went to the
> wedding and I would like to share some pictures with you and comment
> some doubts I have about exposure, clipped highlights, shadows, etc...
>
> Firstly I used the camera outside the church with daylight synchro
> flash (superFP)
> I always used my E-1 in A mode and I adjusted flash to superFP.
> I am aware of exposure troubleshooting when shooting to blacks as the
> camera overexposes if the suit of the subject is black. Despite E-1
> RAW exposure latitute is good, some highlights are burnt and cannot be
> recovered. I normally use exposure compensation to avoid this issue
> but shooting very quick to many people drive me mad changing exposure
> compensation according to the suit. It was a cloudy/sunny day, so the
> sun was appearing and disappearing very fast so it was certainly very
> tricky and risky to use the camera in manual mode. This issue in my
> E-1 drives me mad. Matrix metering IMHO doen´t work properly so I
> wonder if E-3 or any E camera has highlight priority and can be used
> in combination with superFP mode. I don´t mind working with RAW files
> after in my computer but I need always to keep the highlights safe. I
> would appreciate your ideas, tips and tricks here. I would appreciate
> all your comments.
>
>>> Photos have been loaded in 1280x960. Use loupe for enlarging the
>>> photo inside Google Picasa or simply download the picture to your
>>> computer and load them into PS (much better). ICC profile is srgb
>>> with BPC<<
>
> Photo nº 0001 Exposure was perfect. No blacks here so the camera
> worked flawlessly. Highlights were kept inside the dynamic range.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rPM83J9f6q2iX0qmVjBRuQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> Photo nº0002 Here the white wall helped the exposure meter not to
> overexpose despite of the dark suit.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XXkq5Kt3FQrH1aGwlQ8XrA?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> Photo nº0003 Here the sky was burnt (obviously) but the guy´s head
> on the left is burnt and detail cannot be recovered. I hate this
> issue! Does anybody know E-3 performance? Can highlight priory be
> activated to avoid this issue? I have heard E-3 RAW darkroom is worse
> than E-1 performance with RAW developers.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lSgAHVOm7MSIM1Z1-MGYgw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> Photo nº0004 In this picture both of them are burnt and highlight
> detail cannot be rescued back.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AGc5prrMKHJDrT_qtWXntw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> Photo nº0005 Here, I wanted to shoot a picture backlight and with
> fill in with flash. Something similar what I do in the studio with
> hair light but again detail in the guy´s head is lost. is there any
> solution to control the light more precisely? Maybe liveview help you
> to see in real time the histogram. The main problem here was I had to
> take the pictures in the middle of the photographers and you haven´t
> got space and time. This is driving me mad!
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SmQMjpOv9tZYsQ13luDxPw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> Photo nº0006 Here the sun is again spoiling detail in here face.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YCObb21MOQQlEVa2kb7YmQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> Photo nº0007 & 0008 If sun doesn´t appear, everything works fine.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U626Dw1XDKDYnv2UwTLhkw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qxwdDjbJM2fLXhZ9VIkqRw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfr7sHUorSkOQ&feat=directlink
>
> I´ll add more pictures for asking for some questions regarding to
> FL-50R flash.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Dave.
>
> pd: I took 380 pictures with (8) SANYO ENELOOP batts. I´ll add more
> information later.
>
>
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